Birthing at Home: A Podcast Elsie

Send me your feedback!Episode 38 is a first time mum freebirth story from Bronnie in Melbourne. Bronnie shares how she grew up petrified to be pregnant but after a lot of self discovery and unlearning, she set her intention to freebirth her first baby. In this episode we talk about the mental and emotional work that goes into planning a freebirth, healing, media shaming of social media freebirth communities, and then her quick, intense birth with baby Abi, and how birth has changed her . I’m ...

Send me your feedback!Today I chat with Anna as a part of the midwife stories series. Anna is actually Swedish and currently lives in her midwitch cottage in Sweden, but to my delight, the day of this interview, I learnt she studied and practiced midwifery in Australia! She shares her eclectic journey pre birth work and how her passion for human rights is what has continued to motivate her in this work. Anna has so much knowledge, and it was truly wonderful to talk to her about midw...

Send me your feedback!Episode 37 is shared today by Emma in South Australia. Emma is a Mental Health Doula with 2 children, 1 who was born at home! Today she shares what a mental health doula is, her work in post partum and antenatal counselling, the importance of post partum planning, and of course her experience in finding and choosing homebirth! A very interesting episode especially if, like me initially, you aren't sure of what a mental health doula is! Resources: Emma's website...

Send me your feedback!Episode 36 is shared by mum to 4 under 6 years, Shelby. Shelby felt naive going in to her first 2 births, and although she learnt about homebirth (via freebirth first!) after her 2nd baby, she chose to have another birth centre birth. It wasn't until after reflection many months later, that she decided for her 4th baby she would plan a homebirth. An episode that makes you think about why 3 non-homebirths had so many issues, but her 4th baby who was born at home, was so d...

Send me your feedback!Episode 35 is shared by Courtney, a doula and personal trainer, in NSW. After never really thinking of having children, Courtney ended up in a birth rabbit hole which led her to choosing a birth centre birth for her first baby, and then in an effort to reduce the risk of more interventions, she chose homebirth with her second baby. We chat about birth, pregnancy, post partum & all the varying experiences. A beautiful feel good episode ✨Links to resources: Food t...

Send me your feedback!Episode 34 is from Mel, who whilst recording her homebirth story on the podcast in episode 11, was planning a frebirth during her wild pregnancy with Lakai. So today, we hear the beautiful and inspiring story of how Mel birthed Lakai at home, trusting her body and intuition completely, having done a lot of preperation for this radical responsiblity. Links to resources: What is a Mother Blessing/Blessingway? https://open.spotify.com/episode/107RkCyW6LVaEkbBP2wE8...